Neemia 6

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Factum est autem cum audisset Sanaballat et Thobias et Gosem Arabs etceteri inimici nostri, quod aedificassem ego murum, et non esset in ipso residuainterruptio — usque ad tempus autem illud valvas non posueram in portis —	1 When Sanbal at, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and our other enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wal andthat not a single gap was left -- though at that time I had not fixed the doors to the gates-
2 miserunt Sanaballat et Gosem ad me dicentes: “ Veni, et conveniamus inCephirim in campo Ono ”. Ipsi autem cogitabant, ut facerent mihi malum.	2 Sanbal at and Geshem sent me this message, 'Come and meet us at Ha-Chephirim in the Vale of Ono.'But they had evil designs on me.
3 Misiergo ad eos nuntios dicens: “ Opus grande ego facio et non possum descendere;cur cessare oportet opus, si desistero et descendero ad vos? ”.	3 So I sent messengers to them to say, 'I am engaged in a great undertaking, so I cannot come down.Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?'
4 Miseruntautem ad me secundum verbum hoc per quattuor vices, et respondi eis iuxtasermonem priorem.	4 Four times they sent me the same invitation and I made them the same reply.
5 Et misit ad me Sanaballat iuxta verbum prius quinta vice puerum suum, etepistulam non obsignatam habebat in manu sua, in qua erat scriptum:	5 The fifth time, with the same purpose in mind, Sanballat sent me his servant bearing an open letter.
6 “ Ingentibus auditum est, et Gosem dixit quod tu et Iudaei cogitetis rebellare, etpropterea aedifices murum et levare te velis super eos regem; iuxta hanc vocem	6 It ran, 'There is a rumour among the nations -- and Gashmu confirms it -- that you and the Jews arethinking of rebel ing, which is why you are rebuilding the wal , and you intend to become their king;
7 et prophetas posueris, qui praedicent de te in Ierusalem dicentes: “Rex inIudaea est!”. Nunc autem auditurus est rex verba haec; idcirco nunc veni, utineamus consilium pariter ”.	7 and that you have even briefed prophets to acclaim you in Jerusalem with the cry, "There is a king inJudah!" Now, these rumours are going to reach the king; so you had better come and discuss them with us.'
8 Et misi ad eum dicens: “ Non est factumsecundum verba haec, quae tu loqueris; de corde enim tuo tu componis haec ”.	8 To this I sent him the fol owing reply, 'As regards what you say, nothing of the sort has occurred; it is afigment of your own imagination.'
9 Omnes enim hi terrebant nos cogitantes: “ Fatigabuntur manus eorum ab opere,et non complebitur ”. Quam ob causam magis confortavi manus meas.	9 For they were all trying to terrorise us, thinking, 'They wil become demoralised over the work and it wilnot get finished.' But my morale rose even higher.
10 Et ingressus sum domum Semeiae filii Dalaiae filii Meetabel, ubi eratdetentus. Qui ait: “ Tractemus nobiscum in domo Dei, in medio templi, etclaudamus portas aedis, quia venturi sunt, ut interficiant te; utique nocteventuri sunt ad occidendum te”.	10 Then, when I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, since he was prevented fromcoming to me, he said: We must gather at the Temple of God, inside the sanctuary itself; we must shut thesanctuary doors, for they are coming to kil you, they are coming to kil you tonight!
11 Et dixi: “ Num quisquam similis mei fugit? Et quis ut ego ingredieturtemplum et vivet? Non ingrediar ”.	11 But I retorted, 'Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the Temple to save hislife? I shal not go in!'
12 Et intellexi quod Deus non misisset eum,sed quasi vaticinans locutus esset ad me, quia Thobias et Sanaballat conduxeranteum.	12 I realised that God had not sent him to say this, but that he had produced this prophecy for mebecause Tobiah was paying him
13 Acceperat enim pretium, ut territus sic agerem et peccarem, et haberentmalum, quod exprobrarent mihi.	13 to terrorise me into doing as he said and committing a sin, so that they would have grounds forblackening my reputation and blaming me.
14 Memento, Deus meus, Thobiae et Sanaballatiuxta opera eorum talia, sed et Noadiae prophetae et ceterorum prophetarum, quiterrebant me!	14 Remember Tobiah, my God, for what he did; and Noadiah the prophetess, and the other prophetswho tried to terrorise me.
15 Completus est autem murus vicesimo quinto die mensis Elul, quinquagintaduobus diebus.	15 The wall was finished within fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
16 Factum est ergo, cum audissent omnes inimici nostri, etvidissent universae gentes, quae erant in circuitu nostro, ut conciderent intrasemetipsos et scirent quod a Deo factum esset opus hoc.	16 When al our enemies heard about it and al the surrounding nations saw it, they thought it a wonderful thing, because they realised that this work had been accomplished by the power of our God.
17 Sed et in diebus illis, multae optimatum Iudaeorum epistulae mittebantur adThobiam, et a Thobia veniebant ad eos.	17 During this same period, the nobles of Judah kept sending letter after letter to Tobiah, and letters fromTobiah kept arriving for them;
18 Multi enim in Iudaea coniurationemfecerunt cum eo, quia gener erat Secheniae filii Area, et Iohanan filius eiusacceperat filiam Mosollam filii Barachiae.	18 for he had many sworn to his interest in Judah, since he was son-in-law to Shecaniah son of Arah,and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshul am son of Berechiah.
19 Sed et laudabant eum coram me etverba mea nuntiabant ei; et Thobias mittebat epistulas, ut terreret me.	19 They even cried up his good deeds in my presence, and they reported what I said back to him. AndTobiah kept sending letters to terrorise me.